Wichita eagle., 1887-09-06
THE RAMBLER AT THE OCC1DENT

Since my last letter l have sized up tn
country and wonderful country 1t is
The biggest boom on earth RACES alons
the whole coast from Oregon to Old Mex
leo, and the good Lord only knows what /
will be this winter as monster excursion.
are arranged from the east every week
Kan sas people are here by the hundreds
and their experience in such matters makes
them important factors in the boom. Fred
L. Ford, son of County Clerk Ford, is In
the real estate business in company with
two other Wichita boys and their office in
Wichita is headquarters. The following
Wichita people are here: Rev. Harper,
A. j. Davis and wife, J. R. Stone
and wife and daughter, johnson
the Douglas avenue butcher; R. W. Ell.
bridge, Laura Woodcock, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ireland, ex-pcliceman Jap Maralatt, Henry
Draives and family and several others. I
was surprised to Learnt how many of our
Wichita folks monkeyed with real estate
out here, among whom are nearly all
our preachers and poor innocent Deacon
Smith. A Wichita syndicate including R.
W. Eldridge, A. J. Davis, NJ. Heller and
Fred Ford have just plated 40 acres-a
beautiful tract near the Santa FEES new de.
pot which in honor Of the old Wichita bird
they have named the Eagle
tract" and they are going to reserve it for
Wichita people iwho come here for
their health. So you see
the name and fame of that old booming,
screaming EAGLE will be perpetuated in
tracts and streets on the Golden coast.
'mong orange blossoms and In the shade of
the olive and fig tree.
They get the better of nature and the
drouth out here for they make their own
rain In summer and nature gets In her work
in winter
made an official call on the old Pacific
ocean, the first time l saw him since he
was kid. walked up and slapped him
on the shoulder while he lay sleeping on
his little bed about 5000 miles wide, far
more than that from head to foot. II
looked over the old oceans shoulder to see
what the Heather were about on the other
shore; they hunted their holes. He
seemed glad to see me although he did not
say so in so many words. He said
Rambler, unharness yourself and come in
and see me" I unhitched, got on sort of
base ball suit and monkeyed with the surf
In company with big crowd in the briny
deep. A mighty big thing this old ocean
aud pesceful as its name implies, for /. sell |
dom gets its back up like other oceans |
hat were petted and spoiled in their infancy. |
[ spent q day interviewing mermaids,
sharks and other funny Inhabitants of the
blue and billowey depths that came over
al the way from China and japan to talk
% the representative Of the EAGLE and
inquire after Wichiia's boom. The laying
out OF town lots stops at the ocean and re-
Roll on thou deep and dark blue ocean roll,
Ten thousand ships sweep over thee in
vain.
Man marks the earth with ruin;
His control stops with the shore.
went down to San Diego and found some
Wichita folks monkeytng with the boom
here Winfield and Topeka are well rep
esented there. hi Alden Is In the real
state business and George Kroenert Is
'uilding fine house on Coronado Beach.
The EAGLE Is q welcome visitor there Also
nd l found I, on the steamer Carlos
'acheco going down to Old Mexico TO The
reat international Coupanys new settle
nenf. All chs msde me reject that Ne